Undergarment.



E. T. WILLIAMS.-

UNDERGARMBNT.

AYPLIOATION FILED AUG. 9, 191a.

1,083,51 1, PatentedJan. 6, 1914.

EDWARD T. WILLIAMS, OF SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNDERGABIVIEN'T.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 6, 1914.

Application filed August 9, 1913. Serial No. 783,657.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shoemakersville, in the county of Berks and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUndergarments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in undergarments and it isintended more particularly as an improvement in the manufacture of unionsuits for ladies wear.

The object of the present invention is to produce a union suit in twopieces, with a minimum of waste, as well as a minimum of labor.

The invention consists in making a garment from a tubular knitted body,such as is commonly used in making garments of this character. The bodyor upper portion of the garment as well as one entire leg portion, ismade in a single piece, and the other leg portion, which is also made ina single piece, is then attached to the body portion.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification andclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which 2- Figure 1represents the front of a garment, and Fig. 2, the rear of said garment,showing my invention.

The numeral 1 designates the upper or body portion of the garment, whichis of tubular knitted fabric, and it has formed integral therewith, oneof the leg portions, 2. This leg portion, as well as the other legportion 3, is stitched along the inner side, where the meeting edgesform the inner seam of each leg.

The leg portion 3 is cut from knitted fabric, and it is stitched to theupper or body portion 1, in a diagonal line from the center, at the topof the crotch opening, to a point on the waist line, indicated by thenumeral 4, and then across a portion of the back, as indicated in Fig.2,by the numeral 5.

Each leg portion is formed with the usual flap, 6, and this stitchingacross the back ends at the point where the upper edge of the leg flapterminates. It is therefore evil dent that the only stitching requiredin addition to the closing of the inner leg seams, is the single line ofstitching extending from the crotch at the center of the front, to thewaist line and partly across the back, which will complete the garment.

The construction is extremely simple; the saving of time in manufactureand the saving of material by reducing the waste are importantconsiderations inasmuch as very slight saving in each garment of thischaracter means an ultimate saving that may make an otherwiseimpracticable garment a success.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A two-piece union suitcomprising a body portion having one entire leg portion integraltherewith, the other leg portion comprising a single pieceof fabric andattached to the body portion on a line extending from the center of thefront, diagonally to the waist and then partly across the back in ahorizontal line.

2. A two-piece union suit of knitted fabric comprising a body portionand one leg portion formed integrally therewith, and a second legportion attached thereto along a line extending from the crotch at thefront to a point slightly beyond the vertical center at the rear.

3. A two-piece undergarment comprising a tubular body portion of knittedfabric having one leg portion integral therewith, and a second legportion formed of a single piece of fabric attached to said bodyportion.

4. An undergarment comprising a body having one leg formed integraltherewith and a separate leg portion, formed of a single piece offabric, attached to said body portion partly across the back and fromthe waist line to the top of the crotch opening at the front.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD T. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

WALTER S. YOUNG, JOHN A. HIESTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. G.

